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Ground edge hatchet head associated with Jacky Plowright, Be...
Original label on 1985.0059.0421 reads: "Jacky Plowright/[2 words] King Berrima/1842 [word]". Edmund Milne (1861-1917)...
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Boomerang from central Queensland
Original labelling on 1985.0059.0024 reads: "Central Qland E.O.M." and "2". "E.O.M" on 1985.0059.0024 suggests that it ...
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Boomerang used by 'King Boney', Woolgoolga, north coast New ...
Original label on 1985.0059.0057 reads: "King Boney Orara River North Coast NSW". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in ...
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Club from Goodooga, Queensland border, 1909
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Kimberley point
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Aboriginal breastplate for Jemmy Muggle, King of Wiggley
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Wooden digging stick made by Jack Shepherd, 1913
Original label on 1985.0059.0334 reads: "Poopra/Shovel/Jack Shepherd/Mulga Tribe/1913". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was bo...
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Club from Palmer River area, Queensland, 1870s
Original labelling on 1985.0059.0080 reads: "_almer River Qland/about 1870/relic of the gold rush brought/down by the la...
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Breast plate
Original label on 1985.0059.0441 reads: "Chiefs/Breast Plate/British New Guinea/Papua". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was bo...
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Nautilus shell necklace from Northern Queensland
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Message stick
Original label on 1985.0059.0397 reads: "War". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland...
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Weapon - Boomerang
Original labelling on 1985.0059.0008 reads: "McDonald Ranges [sic, Macdonnell Ranges] Central Austl". Edmund Milne (18...
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Parrying shield made by Jack Shepherd, Byrock, New South Wal...
Original labelling on 1985.0059.0286 reads: "Mulga Tribe/1908/Byrock". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and...
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Weapon - Boomerang
Original labelling on 1985.0059.0074 reads: "Bulgaan" and "BULGAAN". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and e...
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Spearthrower from Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Spearthrower with etched design, from central Western Austra...
Original label on 1985.0059.0245 reads: "17 Central West/Australia/Valuable carved". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born...
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Stone knife from Cloncurry, 1908
Original labelling on 1985.0059.0306 reads: "Stone Knife/North-West/Q'land/EOM". "EOM." on 1985.0059.0306 suggests that ...
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Hafted stone pebble hatchet with a bifacial head and a groun...
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Wooden club, made by Budd Billy, Jervis Bay, New South Wales
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Spearthrower from Murrumbidgee River area, New South Wales, ...
Original labelling on 1985.0059.0275 reads: "King Nelson's womerah 1895/Murrumbidgee". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was bo...
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Parrying shield, Darling River area, New South Wales
Original labelling on 1985.0059.0285 reads: "Darling River Tribe". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emi...
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Incised Club, 1907
A list that accompanied the Milne collection on its arrival in Canberra has the following entry for 1985.0059.0105: "Nul...
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Message stick
A drawing of both sides of 1985.0059.0398 includes explanation of its symbols. This explanation is reproduced here in fu...
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Boomerang from Bogan River, New South Wales, 1870
Original labelling on 1985.0059.0043 reads: "Darling + Bogan River Tribe/1870 M[?r] [word] 1910". Edmund Milne (1861-...
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Nautilus shell necklace from Northern Queensland
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Bogan pick [stone implement]
Original label on 1985.0059.0767 reads: "Ploughed up/At Forest Reefs/about 1907/unique/specimen". Edmund Milne (1861-19...
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Boomerang used by 'King Boney', Woolgoolga, north coast New ...
Original label on 1985.0059.0059 reads: "King Boney North Coast/NSW/Orara River/Woolgoolga". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) ...
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Weapon - Boomerang
Original labelling on 1985.0060.0007 reads: "McDonald Ranges [sic, Macdonnell Ranges] Central Austla/EM/EM". "EM" sugge...
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Boomerang from central Queensland
Original labelling on 1985.0059.0023 reads: "Central Qland E.O.M.". "E.O.M" on 1985.0059.0023 suggests that it was coll...
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Spearthrower from Bloomfield River area, Queensland
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Shield, Gippsland, Victoria, 1900
Original label on 1985.0059.0301 reads: "Gippsland/Victoria/1900" and "Gippsland Victoria/1900". Edmund Milne (1861-191...
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Curved club
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Club from goldfields area, Western Australia
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Wooden club, Gwydir River. Northern NSW.
A list that accompanied the Milne collection on its arrival in Canberra has the following entry for 1985.0059.0104: "Gwy...
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Ground edge hatchet head [stone implement]
Original label on 1985.0059.0670 reads: "Nangeribone/Mr Moulder/March/1913". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in Engla...
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Club with incised design
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Glass spearhead
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Shield, central Western Australia, 1898
Original label on 1985.0059.0280 reads: "Desert Country/Central West Aust/1898". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in E...
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Club from Tamworth area, New South Wales, 1911
Original labelling on 1985.0059.0131 reads: "...worth/Mrs [?McGarrity ...]". The original paper label is damaged and not...
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Digging stick from Lower Darling River Region, New South Wal...
Original label on 1985.0059.0332 reads: 'Yam stick /(Lower Darling/Tribe) /made by "Doctor Benson"/1894 /Pres by/J. Bear...
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Ground edged hatchet head from Barwon River area, New South ...
Original label on 1985.0059.0436 reads: "KING Watty/Barwon River". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emi...
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Spearthrower from Mitchell River area, Gulf of Carpentaria, ...
Original labelling on 1985.0059.0256 reads: "Gulf of Carpentaria/(Mr Birkenhead)/Orange/August 1913". Edmund Milne (186...
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Spearthrower
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Kimberley point
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Shield used by Jacky Plowright, Berrima area, New South Wale...
Original labelling on 1985.0059.0296 reads: "Jacky Plowrights Heleman/Last King of Berrima Tribe/Used in tribal fight v ...
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Necklet from Fiji
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Digging stick
Original labelling on 1985.0059.0338 reads: "Poopra/Mulga Tribe/NSW" and "Spade/[word]/H [W...]". Edmund Milne (1861-19...
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Shell on hair string
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Club with bulbous head
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Wooden Club
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Club from goldfields area, Western Australia
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...